Learning resources · 04.1
Everybody uses graphics. Learn CAD, engineering drawing, rendering and animation, through to graphic design, vector art and print.
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04.1Graphics
SubjectGraphics
LevelsBGE → Advanced Higher
LicenceFree to copy, adapt, share
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01Choose your level
Pick your level to find the lessons, videos and downloads for your course.
Level 1 · S1–S3
Broad General Education
Begin your journey with Graphics here: sketching, first CAD models and simple layouts.
Start BGE Graphics →
Level 2 · Senior phase
National 5 Graphic Communication
Build your skills in 2D and 3D CAD, technical drawing, rendering and publishing.
Go to National 5 →
Level 3 · Senior phase
Higher Graphic Communication
Take on more complex models, illustration and commercial layouts.
Go to Higher →
Level 4 · Senior phase
Advanced Higher Graphic Communication
Plan, research and produce your own graphic communication project.
Go to Advanced Higher →
02What you’ll learn
Graphics teaches you to communicate ideas clearly, by hand and on screen.
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Model parts and assemblies, then turn them into drawings.
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Orthographic, pictorial and sectional views that follow drawing standards.
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Materials, lighting and scenes that make a design look real.
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Colour, type and layout for posters, adverts and publications.
03Keep exploring
Every subject has free lessons, videos and downloads from BGE upwards.
04.2
Every good designer should know what it is like to make something. Learn the materials, tools and professional techniques that turn them into products.
Explore Craft →
04.3
Design the products of the future. Use the design process, practical skills and design thinking to solve real problems.
Explore Product Design →
04.4
Discover how things actually work. Mechanisms, structures, electronics, pneumatics and computer control – and how to think like an engineer.
Explore Engineering →